Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's…

Bro, the uncle wasn't skint, was he? What did he get for doing the wrong thing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, he · What happens: not be, get, do · To what, where: wrong thing

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 252 «English Fairy Tales, The Children in the Wood: the uncle's wicked plot and the lost babes» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Bro, the uncle wasn't skint, was he?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skint	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 uncle	det
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 skint	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 skint	cop
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 skint	advmod
7	skint	skint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 skint	punct
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 skint	cop
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 was	nsubj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 skint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	the uncle					Bro vocative; skint property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What did he get for doing the wrong thing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 get	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 doing	mark
6	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 get	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doing	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
2	do	gerund	he not said here	the wrong thing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Their whole wealth and estate, if they died young, every penny of it

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wealth	nmod:poss
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wealth	amod
3	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 estate	cc
5	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wealth	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 young	punct
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 young	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 young	nsubj
9	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 young	cop
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wealth	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 penny	punct
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 penny	det
13	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wealth	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 penny	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	wealth					young property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Their wealth, if they died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wealth	nmod:poss
2	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 died	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 died	punct
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 died	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 died	nsubj
6	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Their wealth						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

The gold if they expired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gold	det
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 expired	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 expired	nsubj
5	expired	expire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gold	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expire	past	they	the gold not said here					tree rules

Option 4

Their money when they passed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 money	nmod:poss
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passed	nsubj
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 passed	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 passed	nsubj
5	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	Their money						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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